Magazine gun



Patented Deo. 2, 1884.

R. RHODE-S.

MAGAZINE GUN.v

(NoModel.)

2O from the forward end of carried against the end of the stop andforces 5o the stop springs inward ilnrrn *raras arri* Y trice.

RICHARD RHODES, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO SPENCER ARMS COMPANY, OF NEY YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZINE=GUN.

SPECIFIGATIQNorming part of Lettere Patent No. 308,702, dated December2, 1884-. Application filed March 2'2, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

y Be it known that I, RICHARD ltr-iones, of

Hartford, Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in MagazineFire-Arms, of 5 which the following is a speciiication.

My improvements relate to the magazinegun shown and described in LettersPatent of the United States No. 255,894, issued to C. M. Spencer and S.lH. Roper, April 4, 1882.

My invention consists, first, in the provision of a spring stop or checkwhich, when under the iniiuence of its spring, so far projects acrossthe mouth of the magazine as to prevent the ejection of cartridgestherefrom.

This stop sways back and forth in a plane perpendicular to the plane `inwhich the breechblock swings. During the downward movement of thebreech-block toward the firing position the side of a spring-latchprojecting the breech-block is the stop laterally outward, holding itaway from the mouth of the magazine for a sufficient length o'f time topermit the base of the end cartridge to be moved out of the magazine bythe magazine-spring. By the continued downward movement of thebreechblock the spring-latch is carried below the end of thespring-stop, which is thus permit- 3o -ted to spring inward, and therebyacquire a position which enables it to catch against the base of thenext following cartridge in the magazine, and prevents its ejection'therefrom until the next 'time the breech-block is oper- 5 ated. Thespring-latch is inserted in a hole in thebreech-block, in which there isa spring tending to throw the spring-latch outward, but capable ofyielding when the latch is pushed longitudinallyinward. The end of 4othe spring-latch is outwardly and downwardly beveled. `The outery sideof the projecting portion of the spring-latch-that is, the side of thelatch which is toward the spring-stop is inwardly anddownwardly'beveled; hence in the downward movement of the breechblockthe side of the spring-latch is carried down across the end of thespring-stop, and thus wedges the spring-stop laterally outward until thelatch is below the stop, when over` the latch, after which, in theupward movement of the breechblock,

the beveled end of the latch is carried up and rides across the side ofthe springstop, .and the latch isv thereby forced inward withoutaffecting the position of the stop.

rThe second part of my invention consists in providing theendwise-reciprocating bar, which performs the function of extracting theshell from the chamber of the gun during its backward movement, with alaterally-yielding 4 extracting-jaw. This reciprocating bar derives itsmovement from its connection with a bifurcated slide, which is movedback and forth in a line parallel with the axial line of the barrel forthe purpose of performing the reloading operation. During the forwardeX- cursion of the bifurcated arm aiiXed jaw prothe reciprocating barcatches upon the base of the cartridge in the carrier-cell of thebreechblock and thrusts the cartridge forward into the chamber of thegun.

The accompanying drawings, representing my improvements applied to theSpencer and Roper magazine fire-arm, are as follows:

Figure l is a side eleva-tion ofhthe' righthand sideof the receiver andadjoining portions of the stock, and of the barrel and` magazine,showing the breech-block dropped below its middle position. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the line 'w x on Fig. l, with thebreech-block in its middle or firing position. Fig. 3 is a top view'ofthe receiver-and adjoining parts of the stoel; and barrel, partly insection, through theliney yonFig. 1, showing the construction of thespring-extracting jaw. Fig. 4. is a detached view, partly in section, ofthe lower portiouof the breech-block. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionthrough the line z in Fig. l, showing the stop in position to check theejection of cartridges from the magazine. Fig. 6 is a 'similartransverse section showing the action of the spring-latch for forcingthe stop away from the mouth of the magazine. Fig. 7y `s a top view,partly in section, of the extractor and inserter. Fig. 8 is aview of theinner face of the extractor and inserter.

I have not deemed it necessary to show an entire gun, as theconstruction ofmy iinprovements and their mode of opera-tion will beeasily understood by an inspection of those IOO parts 0f the gun withwhich they are immediately connected. Thus the drawings represent thereceiver A, a portion, B, of the stock, and portions C andD of thebarrel and tubular magazine, respectively. The righthand-side wall a ofthe receiver is horizontally slotted' to receive the shank e of thespring-stop E, which, as will be seen, projects slightly over the edgeof the mouth d of the magazine a sufficient distance to catch behind theiianged base F of the outermost cartridge contained in the magazine,while not projecting a suflicient distance to bear upon the body of thecartridge.

The device for retracting the springstop to allow the ejection of thecartridge from the magazine consists of thelongitudinallyyieldingspring-latch g, which is loosely seated in the hole y in thelowerpart oftherighthandside wall of the carrier-cell H, formed in the lower part ofthe breech-block G, and containing an expanding spiral spring, g. Theprojecting end ofthe spring-latch gis beveled, as shown, so that duringthe upward movement of the breech-block the springlatch will be forcedlongitudinally inward by the collision with the rear side, E', of thestop E. During the downward movement ofthe breechblock from its highestposition the beveled side of the spring-latch is carried against the endof the stop E, which is thereby rocked outward, and being thus removedfrom the mouth of the magazine permits the outermost shell to be ejectedtherefrom, by the action of the magazine-spring D, intothe'carrier-cellH. The width of the spring-latch is such thatit holds the stop clearfrom the mouth of the magazine for a sufficient length of time to permitthe base of the outermost cartridge to move outward beyond the stop E;but before the cartridge has been fully ejected from the magazine thespringlatch g has been carried by the downward movement ofthebreechblock clear of the stop E, and the latter therefore springs backpartially across the mouth of the magazine in time to catch the base ofthe next following cartridge, which it holds in the magazine until thebreech-block is again reciprocated, as in the act of reloading the arm.

The instrumentality for extracting the empty shell from the chamber andinserting a fresh cartride into the chamber is alongitudinally-reciprocating bar, I, which is secured to and moves withthe right-hand arm J of the bifurcated slide by which the reloadingmechanism is actuated, this slide having imparted to it, for the purposeof performing the reloading operation, a reciprocating motion in a lineparallel with the axial line of the barrel. The bar I presents a squarenotch, 13, upon its inner face, near its rear end. The square notch z'isthe space between two jaws-the one a rigid `jaw affixed to the rear endof the bar I, and forming part thereof, and the other a pivotedspring-jaw, i. The spring-jaw t" swings in and out toward and from theaxial line of the barrel, and hence during the forward movement of thearm J, in case there is a cartridge in the chamber of the gun, the jaw tyields and rides over the edge of the flange of the cartridge in thechamber, and then springs inward, so that during the backward movementof the arm J the jaw i catches against the flange of the cartridge-shellin the chamber, and as the arm J continues to move back pushes the shellout of the chamber.

I elaimas my inventionl. In a magazine fire-arm containingatubularmagazine and a movable breech-block, the herein-described mechanism forcontrolling the delivery of cartridges from the magazine into a cellformed in the breech-blocl which consists of the spring-stop E,supported in suitable proximity to the mouth d of the magazine, and anactuating spring-latch carried by the breech-block, and adapted to forcethe stop E away from the mouth of the magazine during the movement ofthe breech-block in one direction, and also adapted to yield during themovement of the breech-block in the oppo site direction, and thus passby without affecting the position of the stop E, for the purpose ofpreventing the issue of a cartridge 'from the magazine, excepting whenthe cell has been brought by the movement of the brecch-block intoproper position to receive the cartridge, and also for the purpose ofpreventing the ejection from the magazine ot' more than one cartridge ata time.

2. In a iire-arm, and in combination with operating mechanism therefor,a cartridge inser-ting and ejecting bar reciprocating longitudinally atthe breech of the barrel, having a rigid jaw at therear end and ayielding jaw in front of the same, to act on the flange of thecartridge, respectively, for inserting and ejecting the same, theforward jaw yielding to .the flange of the cartridge in its forwardmovement.

Rl CH ARD RHODES.

YVitnesses:

GEO. H. DAY, C. M. SrnNc/ER.

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